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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1513
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Lipper, -ir, n.3 [Cf. Lipper v. (Cf. also Lopper.)] A ripple, a ruffling of the surface of the sea, a wavelet. —1513 Doug. vii. viii. 118.
Lyke as the sey changis first hys hew In quhite lippiris by the wyndis blast
